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Families of Air India Crash Victims Demand Release of Flight Recorders
AHMEDABAD, INDIA, AUG 8 – Beasley Allen represents 65 families seeking justice and transparency after the June 12 Air India crash killed 260 people, with potential US product liability claims against Boeing.
- On June 12, Air India Flight AI-171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, crashed seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad, killing 241 on board and 19 on the ground.
- An early investigation by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau of India revealed that the plane’s fuel supply switches, which are engineered to remain stable during flight, shifted from the 'RUN' position to 'CUTOFF' shortly after takeoff.
- Families of more than 60 victims have engaged Beasley Allen, a law firm headquartered in the United States, with lead attorney Mike Andrews traveling to Ahmedabad to advocate for complete transparency and the prompt disclosure of the aircraft’s flight recorders.
- Andrews emphasized that the ongoing lack of information prolongs the families' grief and undermines confidence in flight safety, adding that potential legal claims will hinge on the findings from the flight data and cockpit voice recorders.
- The compensation process covers 166 families with Rs 25 lakh each paid, while more families await payment, and legal actions may target Air India and Boeing pending investigation results.
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According to the recording of the conversations in the cockpit, one of the pilots asked the other why he had cut off the fuel supply. The second replied that he had not done so.
Nearly two months after the crash of the Boeing 787 Air India in Ahmedabad, causing the deaths of 260 people, the victims' families demand that the contents of the black boxes be revealed to them, including access to the contents of the conversations in the cockpit.
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Air India crash: 65 families from India & the UK hire US law firm
New Delhi: Well-known US law firm Beasley Allen has been enlisted by at least 65 Indian and British families who lost loved ones in the tragic June 12 Air India crash to investigate legal action, potentially in American courts. The firm’s top aviation lawyer, Mike Andrews, met several bereaved families at the crash site in the Meghaninagar neighbourhood of Ahmedabad before travelling to Vadodara. Andrews told reporters on Friday that the familie…
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